By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD Our evolving conceptualization of critical components of the comprehensive system necessary to promote children’s healthy development includes Arts and Culture. To my mind, a prime example of this “petal” in our ubiquitous “flower diagram” has been a special program of the Artists Collective […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD I recently had the opportunity to meet acclaimed actor and political activist Ed Asner on a connecting flight to Hartford. I found him to be an inspiration not only to his son and grandchild, who are both on the autism spectrum, but to […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD On March 15, I was honored to participate in Public Health Grand Rounds, which is a monthly activity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The session focused on the important issue of “Addressing Health Disparities in Early Childhood.” During […]
By: Lisa Honigfeld, PhD Results from the fourth annual World Happiness Report are in. Based on a worldwide Gallup poll, the results rank 156 countries according to their state of happiness. Unfortunately the United States, which ranked 13 in happiness, fell to 85 in the well-being rankings. Countries’ […]
By: Scott Orsey The American Academy of Pediatrics just released its first ever policy statement on poverty which now recommends pediatricians screen for poverty risk factors. It is significant that health sector leaders, such as the AAP, are making powerful statements on the contribution of the social determinants […]
By: Catherine Wiley, MD Hunger is a problem that affects far more children than most people realize. Across the country, an estimated 16 million kids live in households that lack consistent access to food, according to a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. To help […]
By: Scott Orsey Big news hit the scientific community in February about gravity. One hundred years after Albert Einstein first predicted their existence in his groundbreaking theory of general relativity, scientists detected gravitational waves for the first time. The implications for this discovery are huge. In addition to […]
